Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’ is set in Cartagena, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. I can now confirm, having visited Cartagena last month, that there can be … Continue reading →

Ancient civilisations generally chose really nice places to build stuff. Like Machu Picchu. And like Machu Picchu, the building of stuff would include things of religious significance. For the Incas … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in the cafeteria of the Cinemateca Boliviana, La Paz´s arthouse cinema, watching Slavoj Žižek sign autographs for Bolivian undergrads. Shortly after I … Continue reading →

Dr. Fernando Cajias de la Vega is former Culture Minister for Bolivia, currently Professor of History and Deacon of Humanities and Education Sciences at San Andres University in La Paz, … Continue reading →